| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2192 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, For more than 300 years, the Camino Real de Tierra |
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| 6 | 6 | | Adentro played a vital role in the history, economy, and culture of |
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| 7 | 7 | | Mexico and the American Southwest; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Centuries before Europeans came to North America, |
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| 9 | 9 | | Native Americans maintained extensive trade routes between groups |
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| 10 | 10 | | in what is now Texas and New Mexico and civilizations further south; |
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| 11 | 11 | | when the first Spanish explorers arrived in the region in the early |
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| 12 | 12 | | 16th century, native peoples often guided them through this |
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| 13 | 13 | | striking landscape along these traditional footpaths; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, In 1598, Don Juan de Oñate and his party crossed the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Rio Grande near present-day El Paso and established a colony in New |
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| 16 | 16 | | Mexico; for the next three centuries, what came to be known as the |
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| 17 | 17 | | Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, or the Royal Road of the Interior, |
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| 18 | 18 | | functioned as the principal conduit of commerce, agriculture, |
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| 19 | 19 | | technology, languages, and religion between central Mexico and the |
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| 20 | 20 | | American Southwest, running 1,600 miles from Mexico City at its |
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| 21 | 21 | | southern end to San Juan Pueblo in New Mexico in the north; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, In 2010, UNESCO added the portion of the Camino Real |
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| 23 | 23 | | that lies in Mexico to its prestigious World Heritage List; the |
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| 24 | 24 | | designation highlighted five of the route's existing urban World |
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| 25 | 25 | | Heritage sites that exemplify its cultural, commercial, religious, |
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| 26 | 26 | | and geographical significance, as well as 55 historic sites, |
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| 27 | 27 | | including bridges, chapels, former haciendas and convents, and |
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| 28 | 28 | | other natural and manmade features, related to the use of the road; |
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| 29 | 29 | | the American section of the Camino Real, which passes through El |
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| 30 | 30 | | Paso, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe, was designated as a National |
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| 31 | 31 | | Historic Trail by an act of Congress in 2000; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Recognized by UNESCO for its "outstanding universal |
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| 33 | 33 | | value," the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro represents the rich |
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| 34 | 34 | | heritage of hundreds of years of human interchange between the |
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| 35 | 35 | | cultures of Europe and the New World, and it serves as a vital and |
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| 36 | 36 | | tangible reminder of the inextricable links between two great |
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| 37 | 37 | | nations; now, therefore, be it |
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| 38 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 39 | 39 | | Legislature hereby recognize the cultural and historical |
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| 40 | 40 | | significance of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro and commend all |
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| 41 | 41 | | those involved in efforts to raise awareness of and preserve the |
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| 42 | 42 | | legacy of this extraordinary international landmark. |
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| 43 | 43 | | González of El Paso |
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| 44 | 44 | | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 46 | 46 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2192 was adopted by the House on My |
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| 47 | 47 | | 29, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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| 48 | 48 | | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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